Species Detail Grasses

- Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Polypogon interruptus - ditch rabbitsfoot grass Synonyms: Polypogon lutosus Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC.


	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Native Season: Warm Habitat Description: Moist soil along streams and meadows. Plant Communities:Riparian Elevation: Below 7500 feet Similar Species: Polypogon monospelensis General Description Desc: Tufted; stems bent at base. Identification Notes: Perennial with flat blades; 12 to 31 inches tall; seedhead dense, bristly, not spikelike, 2 to 6 inches long; spikelets 1-flowered. Distinguished from P. monospelensis by a seedhead that is more lobed, interrupted and shorter awned. Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass Rhizomes: N Stolons: N Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N Bushy (highly branched): N Height with Seedheads: 24 to 36 inches Seedhead Structure: Branched - contracted Seedhead Droops: N Flowering Period: May - Sep Flower Characteristics Number of Flowers per Spikelet: One-flowered Spikelets One-sided: N Awns: Less than 1/4 inch Three Awns: N Awns Bent: N Flower and Seedhead Notes: Spikelets have 1 fertile flower, wedge-shaped and laterally compressed, 1/8 inch long; smooth, shiny lemma that is minutely toothed; glumes awned. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: N Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Flat Blade Notes: Blades 2 to 3-1/2 inches long, 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide, broad, flat and scabrous. Sheath Hairy: N Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar: N Ligules: Membranous and hairy Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area: N Forage Value: Unknown


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